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Flight

1995 · 28 min

A quiet, observational documentary that lingers on remote landscapes and the quiet ache of children pulled between two worlds.

Directed by
Valentin Kuik
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A documentary about the Khanty people. At the same time, the film is also a study about cultural identity in a globalizing world. Every autumn a helicopter flies over the remote marshes and bogs of Western Siberia. Native children who have grown up surrounded by forests are taken away. They enter a new world of school uniforms, an unfamiliar Russian language, education and knowledge.

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Directed by
Valentin Kuik
Genres
Documentary
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • education
    • isolation
    • family
    • colonialism
    Places
    • wilderness
    • countryside
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Valentin Kuik
    Runtime
    28 min
    Country
    Estonia
    Languages
    Estonian, Russian

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